119-s2623

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2623 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2623

To enhance the transparency of the National Cemetery Administration of 
 the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 31, 2025

 Mr. Rounds (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
 Affairs

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 A BILL

To enhance the transparency of the National Cemetery Administration of 
 the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Honest Operations for National 
Cemetery Reporting Act of 2025'' or the ``HONOR Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INTERMENT SCHEDULE AVAILABILITY AT CEMETERIES UNDER THE CONTROL 
 OF THE NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall maintain, 
on the publicly accessible website landing page of the National 
Cemetery Administration, a spreadsheet or similar document displaying 
the most recent interment schedule availability for each operational 
cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration.

    (b) Implementation.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall--

    (1) not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
 of this Act, make the spreadsheet or similar document described 
 in subsection

    (b) available as required by such subsection; and

    (2) once every 30 days thereafter, update such spreadsheet 
 or similar document.
            (c) Definition of Interment Schedule Availability.--Not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a proposed definition for the 
term ``interment schedule availability'' that--

    (1) generally means the number of business days between the 
 establishment of a case for a deceased individual and the first 
 availability for the interment of the individual; and

    (2) takes into account the ability to meet the family's 
 preferred dates, days of the week, and times for scheduling the 
 interment.
            (d) Report on Historical Data.--Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall submit to Congress a report on data for interment schedule 
availability during the five-year period ending on the date on which 
the report is submitted.

SEC. 3. CUSTOMER SERVICE SURVEYS.

    (a) American Customer Satisfaction Index Survey.--

    (1) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
 the National Cemetery Administration should continue to 
 participate in the American Customer Satisfaction Index survey.

    (2) Notice to congress.--Not later than 30 days before the 
 date on which the National Cemetery Administration does not 
 participate in an American Customer Satisfaction Index survey, 
 the Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs of the Department of 
 Veterans Affairs shall notify Congress of such non-
 participation.

    (b) National Cemetery Administration Surveys.--

    (1) In general.--The Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs 
 shall continue to--
        (A) administer the customer service survey of the 
 National Cemetery Administration to veterans, families, 
 and funeral homes through ongoing survey activities; 
 and
        (B) publish the results of such survey.

    (2) Submittal to congress.--Not later than 30 days before 
 the date on which any change is made to the survey described in 
 paragraph

    (1) , including with respect to methodology, 
 participants, or scope, the Under Secretary for Memorial 
 Affairs shall submit to Congress a description of such change.
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